pastor

Yes an atheist priest can perfectly minister to a believing congregation and miracles can happen in that congregation. Miracles depend on the faith of the believer, not that of the officiant. A bartender who never takes alcohol can serve alcohol to his clients. What is necessary is that the priest believes he is doing the good work. The congregation needs faith and it helps them. It would be evil to deny them such a service in the name of his lack of faith. - Bangambiki Habyarimana

Spiritual leaders, priests and prophets are lamps burning in the dark, seeking meaning for humanity.

Know God and let Him be known. You were saved by grace for greater works apportioned for you even before you were born. Share the good news.

I have learned that the harder you fall_the higher you bounce!

My dad was a pastor, so we were in church all the time.

Yesterday is the last day of the past. Tomorrow is brimming with hope, so today is meant to lived large. Enjoy your moments!

A good shepherd encourages and inspires each one that works alongside him.

You have to become a ladder that other people climb up in their path to success. If you are not ready for that, then you are not ready to be a pastor.

A good shepherd has a positive influence on his people through "inward work", i.e. working on them from the inside.

A real pastor _ a good shepherd _ is always concerned about the personal development of every individual person in his church.

Only a real pastor and a true leader will be looking for ways to train and equip his people to develop their potential.

Missional leaders are comfortable in the own skin.

My prophetic task would be twofold: to stand up to him, and to stand by him. To awaken his conscience, and to salve the pain this would cause him.

Human beings seem to have a perpetual tendency to have somebody else talk to God for them. We are content to have the message second-hand. One of Israel's fatal mistakes was their insistence on having a human king rather than resting on the theocratic rule of God over them. We can detect a note of sadness in the word of the Lord, 'they have rejected me from being king over them' (1 Sam. 8:7). The history of religion is the story of an almost desperate scramble to have a king, a mediator, a priest, a pastor, a go-between. In this way we do not need to go to God ourselves. Such an approach saves us from the need to change, for to be in the presence of God is to change.

A piece of paper doesn't make you a pastor any more than making predictions makes you a prophet.

When you are up in life your friends get to know who you are. When you are down in life you get to know who your friends are.#minoradjustments101

Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first.

A real pastor will always show respect for people.